Game Design Director

Description & Requirements

Location: Vancouver - Great Northern Way
State: British Columbia
Country: Canada

• Establish gameplay design vision and standards
• Deliver fun, engaging, and balanced gameplay experiences
• Partner with Creative and Product leadership to establish a prioritized roadmap
• Drive the design group to deliver high-quality features on schedule
• Align design direction with established creative and product goals
• Support the production team in effective feature scoping
• Provide direction and mentorship to design leads and their teams
• Establish repeatable design processes for rapid development in a live service environment
• Implement a unified gameplay vision across all live service seasons
• Empower creative leadership with clear design requirements for their respective areas

What You’ll Do

• Experience directing multiplayer AAA FPS titles
• Extensive background in live service operations
• Design mastery of combat, gunplay, and progression systems
• Proficiency in game mode design (Battle Royale or similar)
• Success in leading design teams and directors
• Experience communicating directly with player communities
• Ability to drive design direction through clear communication and influence
• Capability to provide frameworks and guardrails while allowing creative freedom
• Skill in mobilizing multi-disciplinary lead groups toward a single direction
• Effective collaboration with other discipline directors to deliver on game vision
• Ability to translate high-level direction into actionable design priorities
• Proficiency in translating player data and feedback into design pivots
• Proven track record leading design during the live operation of a game